Havana, Cuba - Recent

The third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has set a course for China's high-level economic development and serves as a foundation for its economic relations with Cuba and the Latin American region, said Carlos Alzugaray, former Cuban diplomat and political analyst.

Praising the adoption of a resolution at the session that aims to further deepen reform and advance Chinese modernization, Alzugaray said he expects the country to build on its many accomplishments to find greater prosperity.

He noted that China's proactive approach in developing economic relationships with countries in Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe is clearly reflected in the outcomes of the plenum.

The former diplomat also stressed that the results of this plenum stand to boost bilateral relations between China and Cuba.

The third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was held in Beijing from Monday to Thursday.

Shotlist:
Havana, Cuba - Recent:
1. National Capitol Building;
2. National flags of Cuba;
Cuba - Recent
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlos Alzugaray, former Cuban diplomat (partially overlaid with shots 4-9/ending with shots 10-12):
"This is an extremely significant meeting in which the Communist Party of China has taken another fundamental step in the development of market socialism and especially a market socialism of a higher level in the way for the socialist modernization of China on the basis of Chinese characteristics. If one observes, for example, the way that science has developed in China, you are surprise by the number of infrastructure initiatives that have taken place in China itself but also outside China under the Belt and Road Initiative. The Chinese transportation industry has developed very strongly.";
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FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown
4. Various of Tian'anmen Rostrum, Chinese national flag, Tian'anmen Square;
FILE: Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, south China - Date Unknown
5. Aerial shot of traffic on bridge, buidlings;
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown
6. Aerial shot of buildings, roads;
FILE: Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, south China - Date Unknown
7. Aerial shot of buildings;
FILE: Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, south China - Date Unknown
8. Aerial shot of bridge, river, buildings;
FILE: Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, south China - Date Unknown
9. Buildings
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FILE: Changchun City, Jilin Province, northeast China - Date Unknown
10. Robot arms in operation;
11. Fuxing EMU train production line;
FILE: Yunnan Province, southwest China - Date Unknown
12. Aerial shot of train running on China-Laos Railway;
FILE: China - Date Unknown
13. Various of robot arms, production lines;
Cuba - Recent
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlos Alzugaray, former Cuban diplomat (partially overlaid with shots 15-17):
"Yes, I think, both, directly and indirectly. China's presence, for example in the Caribbean is very significant. Also, it's a very secure partner that can help development especially with the Belt and Road Initiative. Many of these things are very highly appreciated in countries of the Global South: in the Caribbean, in Southeast Asia, in the Far East, in Africa, you see it all over the place.";
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FILE: Chongqing Municipality, southwest China - Date Unknown
15. Aerial shot of cityscape;
FILE: Qingdao City, Shandong Province, east China - 2023
16. Aerial shots of cargo ships at port;
FILE: Shaanxi Province, northwest China - May 2023
17. Aerial shot of China-Europe freight train moving
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FILE: Shanghai, China - Date Unknown
18. Aerial shot buildings, river;
FILE: Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Date Unknown
19. Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center, Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena, other buildings;
FILE: Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, east China - Date Unknown
20. Buildings;
Cuba - Recent
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlos Alzugaray, former Cuban diplomat (partially overlaid with shots 22-25):
"Of course, because in the way China is developing, it opens a lot of roads for Cuba to cooperate with China, for example in the pharmaceutical industry, where there is already cooperation. There is also cooperation in the development of alternative sources of energy. Another area where there is a lot of connections is in telecommunications, and now the most recent development is access to Chinese electric vehicles. This city is growing with electric vehicles that are being produced in China and imported to China and this is very significant.";
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FILE: Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, northeast China - June 2024
22. Various of workers, medicine production lines;
FILE: China – Date Unknown
23. Aerial shots of solar panels;
24. Various of wind turbines;
Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, south China - Recent
25. Various of vehicle assembly line, workers
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FILE: China - Date Unknown
26. Aerial shots of cityscape.

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